Moscow has accused Kyiv of shooting down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, which crashed near Russia’s border with Ukraine on Wednesday morning.
Russia’s defence ministry said all 74 people onboard the Il-76 plane died, including 65 Ukrainian soldiers who were being transported for a prisoner exchange from Moscow to the Belgorod region of Russia — the Russian border province that has faced the most spillover from President Vladimir Putin’s nearly two-year invasion.
Six crew members and three Russian service personnel accompanying the prisoners were also among the passengers, according to the defence ministry.
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